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Duke, Carolina Meet For Third Time With Final Four On The Line
5/15/2005 1:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
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May 15, 2005
The Duke and North Carolina women's lacrosse teams will square off for the third time this season Sunday at Koskinen Stadium in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. This time, a trip to Annapolis, Md., and a final four berth are on the line.
The second-seeded Blue Devils advanced to the second round after defeating Richmond, 16-4, Thursday in Durham, while North Carolina advanced to the quarterfinals with a 7-6 win in triple overtime at No. 7 seed Penn State. Duke secured the No. 2 seed, the highest tourney entrance in school history, after winning the school's first ACC Championship, followed by beating No. 4 Dartmouth, 12-8, Sunday afternoon.
The winner of Sunday's game advances to the national semifinals to face the winner of the Virginia-Boston University contest at approximately 8:15 p.m. on Friday, May 20, at the Navy-Marine Corps Stadium in Annapolis, Md.
BLUE DEVILS IN THE TOURNAMENT DUKE VS. NORTH CAROLINA In addition to having a final four berth on the line, Carlyle Cup points are also at stake in Sunday's match. The Carlyle Cup is a year-long, all-sport competition between North Carolina nd Duke, with one point up for grabs Sunday. The Tar Heels lead the 2004-05 contest over the defending champions, 15-5-10.5.
SCOUTING THE TAR HEELS Senior Allison Higgins leads the Tar Heels' point-scoring efforts with 27 goals and team-high 20 assists for 47 points, while sophomores Jess Allen and Christina Juras are the top two goals scorers with 32 and 28, respectively. On defense, Gina Allen has tallied 18 caused turnovers and a team and ACC-leading 57 ground balls (3.06 per game).
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Duke is 5-7 in NCAA Tournament action over the last seven years, including Thursday's win over Richmond. In eight consecutive appearances, the Blue Devils have made one trip to the final four in 1999, when it lost to conference foe Virginia in the semifinal round. With the win versus Richmond, Duke now holds a recrod of 5-2 record when hosting the first round contest with the two losses coming in the past two seasons. The Blue Devils have never won two games in the national tourney, as the 1997-1999 championships placed just eight teams in the bracket, making it possible to advance to the final four after winning one game.
This is the third meeting between the two teams in the 2005 campaign, with each team taking one win. North Carolina defeated Duke, 12-11, on March 12, but the Blue Devils fired back with an 11-9 win in the ACC semifinals on April 29. Duke leads the all-time series 8-7, winning four of the last five games against the Tar Heels since 2003. The neighboring schools have never met in NCAA Tournament action.
After the two-year absence from the NCAA Tournament, North Carolina returned with a vengeance, knocking off seventh-seeded Penn State, 7-6, in triple overtime. In the Tar Heels' last tourney appearance, they advanced to the 2002 final four to make their third showing (1997, 1998) in the national semifinals. Led by Head Coach Jenny Levy, Carolina is 6-6 all-time in the tournament.
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